Over and Back, inbounding

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by drinkeii
Was the call correct,

No.

or is my understanding of the rule?

No, that's not correct either.

The play was not over-and-back, but only b/c there's an explicit exception for that airborne player. So the officials got it wrong.

But normally, all the conditions for over-and-back would be met in that situation. When A2 leaps from the frontcourt, he has frontcourt status. When he catches the ball, he establishes team control and gives the ball frontcourt status. When he lands in the backcourt, he becomes the first player to touch it after it has gone in the backcourt. So all the elements of over-and-back have been met.

But, as I said, there is an explicit exception for this situation.

The "two feet and the ball" provision only applies to a player who is dribbling from backcourt to frontcourt. Don't get it confused with a player holding the ball, or with a player jumping from frontcourt to backcourt.